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Vermont Man Pleads Guilty to Murder-for-Hire and Child Pornography Charges
A Vermont man has pleaded guilty to hiring a woman in Venezuela to kidnap and kill an individual, as well as child pornography charges. Sean Fiore, 37, was arrested in May 2019, as part of an operation conducted by Vermont’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (VT-ICAC) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Fiore’s digital media, seized and searched by law enforcement, revealed that he paid the woman $4,000 to kidnap, torture, and murder a ‘slave’ in Venezuela. The indictment states that Fiore provided specific instructions about what he wanted, which included beating, burning with a cigarette, urinating and defecating on, and suffocating the so-called slave to death.
Fiore also paid the woman $600 to create a video of her inflicting sexually motivated sadistic abuse on a child. The woman created the video and sent it to Fiore online. In addition, Fiore possessed other images and videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including sexual intercourse and sadistic abuse.
Fiore pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to kidnap or murder a person in a foreign country, conspiracy to produce child pornography, and possession of child pornography. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 1, 2022, and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and up to life.
The woman who sent Fiore the videos, co-defendant Moraima Escarlet Vasquez Flores, is charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap a person in a foreign country, conspiracy to produce child pornography, production of child pornography, and aiding and abetting the receipt of child pornography. Vasquez Flores was arrested in Colombia pursuant to an Interpol Red Notice on Sept. 18, 2020. The United States is seeking her extradition from Colombia to the United States to face these charges.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Masterson of the District of Vermont, Trial Attorney Patrick Jasperse of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, and Trial Attorney Eduardo Palomo of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section are prosecuting the case with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs.
An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Key Facts
- State: Vermont
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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